Leaders of the United Nation of Islam allegedly kept children in harsh conditions, made them work long hours and routinely abused them as punishment.

Cult leaders convinced parents to hand over their children for educational opportunities that turned out to be false promises, prosecutors say.

Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’ - Victims’ food and water intake was so heavily policed that a girl drank water from a toilet because she was thirsty,

Six members of a Kansas-based cult have been convicted in a scheme to house children in overcrowded, rodent-infested facilities and force them to work up to 16 hours a day without pay.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas said six members of a former cult in Kansas City have been convicted in a forced-labor scheme that involved a number of children.

High-ranking members of the United Nation of Islam, a cult based in Kansas, were convicted of forcing dozens of people, even minors as young as 8, to work.

Federal prosecutors say the United Nation of Islam, a quasi-religious group deemed to be a "cult," used fear to coerce children into working up to 16-hour days in its storefronts, which were donated by the Kansas City,